On Friday, Year 6 went to Whitby as part of our topic work. We looked at the Abbey, walked down (and up) the 199 steps, went in the old town, on the pier and play on the beach. The children also had time to look in the shops and buy gifts and sweets. We had a fantastic day although the weather was miserable and wet. The children were a credit to the school and enjoyed it very much.

Well done to the school football team who made a fantastic start to the U11 tournament last night.

We played 5 games, here are the results:

St.John’s (A) 1 – St.Paul’s 1

St.Anthony’s 0 – St.Paul’s 2

Bradford Academy (A) 1 – St.Paul’s 0

St.John’s (B) 0 – St.Paul’s 1

Bradford Academy (B) 0 – St.Paul’s 4

The team really grew in confidence as the games progressed and they worked really well as a team. A special well done to Phoebe for making some great saves, our goalscorers Cameron (6) and Jacob (2) and Joe’s great communication in defence. Well done everyone!

Year 6 have been learning all about light this week. We have been experimenting with light rays (yellow string) we have learnt about light travelling in straight lines and into our eyes. We found out how our eyes use the light to make images from our brain too and how clever they are.

We then started to understand shadows and what shadows are formed from the light rays. We also studied reflection and refraction.

Welcome back Year 6!

The summer term is finally here, hopefully the sun will shine too. We have our SATS tests this half term so we will be working hard to revise for them and do the best we can do.

This term we are learning:

Maths – Converting measures, ratio, statistics, revision.

English – Kensuke’s Kingdom, diaries and persuasion

Topic – Benin West Africa / Decades

Art & Design –Jewellery

Science – Light

PE (Tuesday am) – Striking and Fielding

ICT – Book Trailers – adding music/ PowerPoint activities

Dates to note:

Tuesday mornings- PE every week

Friday 27/4/2018 – Online Safety Open Morning

WB: 30/4/2018 Practise SATS

WB: 14/5/2018 SATS Week

Monday 21/5/2018 – Puberty Talk

Friday 25th May – Last day of term

NOTE: Last term I sent home a note which showed the children’s practise SATS scores. Over this week and next week your child should bring home their completed SATS practise papers for you to look at too.

On Wednesday 21st March, a man called Paul Butler came into school and taught our class to play the African drums.
We learnt lots of different tunes and rhymes and some people took part in solo performances.
After we learnt how to play, Year 5 came to watch and even learnt a song to sing in the middle,

Whilst on the trip the children received complimentary feedback from staff at the museum, regarding their polite manner and interest in the exhibition.

Today, a local resident came into school to explain how impressed she was with the behaviour of the children on the bus home from the museum. She said that even though they had clearly had a fantastic day on the trip, they were pleasantly chatting away and even giving up their seats to people who needed them.

Yesterday, Year 6 went on a trip to the Science and Media Museum in Bradford. We took part in 2 workshops, watched a science film on the Imax and looked around the exhibitions. We learnt lots of new facts about photography and cameras. We also had the chance to experiment with lights and cameras as well as taking part in science experiments.

In the Imax cinema we watched a film called ‘Mysteries of the unseen world‘. It showed how cameras can capture things that are too small, too fast or too slow for the eye to see. It was fantastic. Here is a clip.

Here are the rest of our photos.

Well done to all the children who represented St.Paul’s brilliantly and received a compliment from someone at the museum for their excellent behaviour.